New Delhi, May 26 (KNN) Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra along with other 297 members of the 16th Lok Sabha have not spent a single amount from the Rs 5 crore that is set aside annually for them to develop their constituencies, according to a IndiaSpend.
 
According to data made available to IndiaSpend, “Most ministers of the government figure in the list of members of parliament (MPs) who have not yet utilised their MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds, as the money made available to them is called, reveals an analysis of the data (until May 15, 2015) from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
 
The MPs who have not utilized their MPLADS funds till date are: Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar (Bangalore South), Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda (Bangalore North), Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra (Deoria) and Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati (Jhansi).
 
Others who boast zero-spending include Congress President Sonia Gandhi (Rae Bareli), BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi (Kanpur), Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (Azamgarh).
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi has utilised 16 per cent of the Rs 5 crore.

Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states with zero use of MPLAD money, followed by Maharashtra and Bihar, adds IndiaSpend. 

IndiaSpend is a non-profit and a project of TheSpending & Policy Research Foundation located in Mumbai. (KNN Bureau)